By Journal Times staff | Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:00 am
RAYMOND
Man steers clear of potential fraud
Careful consideration by a 27-year-old Raymond man may have kept him from becoming the victim of a fraud.
The man, who resides in the 5000 block of W. 7 Mile Road, had made arrangements to sell a 1995 Yamaha ATV to another party via Craigslist on the Internet.
The agreed upon price was $1,500 and in short time the man received a check for $4,800. The check was written on an account from a bank in Orlando, Fla., and assigned to the office of the Fulton County Commission in Atlanta.
Instructions e-mailed to the Raymond man from the alleged purchaser asked him to deposit the check, take out what he had coming for the sales price and shipping expenses and to wire the balance to a woman in Glen Carbon, Ill.
The man did deposit the check in his account, but then became suspicious. He contacted his bank to have the deposit stopped and closed out his account. He also called the Racine County Sheriff's Department on Saturday morning to report the incident.
He never did wire any money, never lost any money through the deal and still has the ATV.
ROCHESTER
Vehicle thefts reported in residential area
The Racine County Sheriff's Department took several reports regarding thefts from vehicles between Saturday and Monday in the residential area west of Highway 36 and southwest of Highway 20 (Beck Drive).
In one instance, an estimated $2,848 worth of power tools and miscellaneous equipment was taken from a work van while it was parked outside a residence in the 29000 block of Fernwood Drive. There were no signs of forced entry and the theft took place sometime between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday.
A resident in the 29000 block of Timber Lane reported that a stereo system and an iPod deck were removed from an unlocked van some time between 12:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday.
Power tools, a tool bag and an GPS system, collectively valued at $875, were removed sometime after 9 a.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Monday from an unlocked van that was parked in the 2800 block of Buck Road.
RAYMOND
Vehicle in ditch results in OWI
Andrel Dasean Patterson, 19, 3925 Green St., Racine, was cited for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (second offense), operating while revoked, possession of marijuana and obstruction after sheriff's deputies investigated a report of a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina in a ditch just before 3 a.m. Feb. 12 near the intersection of Highway K and the west frontage road.
VILLAGE OF WATERFORD
No lights results in OWI stop
Peter Francis Albinak, 39, 29103 Beechwood Lane, Town of Waterford, was cited for his third offense of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after sheriff's deputies stopped a Jeep at 10:47 p.m. Saturday for travelling without head lamps on eastbound Main Street near Milwaukee Street.
TOWN OF WATERFORD
Man tries to elude deputies
Calvin Leonard Schmidt, 27, 8327 Marsh Road, Town of Waterford, was cited for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, fleeing an officer, speeding and obstruction after a short chase with sheriff's deputies just after 1 a.m. Monday that ended at a residence at 28433 East Main Drive.
According to Sheriff's Department reports, the incident began when a vehicle heading east on Main Street in the Village of Waterford was clocked on radar by an oncoming sheriff's squad as going slightly over the posted speed limit. But as the suspect vehicle passed the deputy's car, the driver accelerated.
The westbound deputy turned his car around and followed the vehicle and observed it squeal its tires away from the stop light at Highway 36.
The vehicle then turned its lights off and turned into the driveway at 28433 East Main, where Schmidt was taken into custody.